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    It makes sense that we love natural smells like freshly cut grass and the ocean, but gasoline? And rubber bands? Science explains why.
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Комментарии • 494

  • @SciShow
    @SciShow  10 месяцев назад +31

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    • @hprotz6600
      @hprotz6600 10 месяцев назад +4

      Love all these smells! Very interesting to know more about them.

    • @ginnyjollykidd
      @ginnyjollykidd 10 месяцев назад +1

      People like jasmine smell for perfume, but I cant stand it. It smells like a bit broken down urea to me. Like somebody didn't clean up in the bathroom.
      How about a flower you wouldn't expect considering it's full of prickles? Thistles are my favorite flower smell. Lilac is a very close second.
      But there are some awful smells that hide delicious tastes. Durian fruit is one. Limburger is another. I could not get past the stink of limburger for a long time.
      But one time when I had great need to talk to Dad, I braved the limburger he dearly loved but had to eat all alone. While I talked to him, he offered me a slice. I tasted it and found I loved it like I adore gouda! I won't brave the stink for it, but I will always accept when offered.

    • @richmiller9844
      @richmiller9844 9 месяцев назад

      Smells like $

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 5 месяцев назад

      I hate the smell of grass it reminds me of summer but I know where that smell is there is grass pollen

  • @Chris_winthers
    @Chris_winthers 10 месяцев назад +578

    First getting a mohawk and then a backwards cap. Truly hank is becoming the ultimate cool guy

    • @tinyrogerts6449
      @tinyrogerts6449 10 месяцев назад +38

      Understandable. Not many people can pull off the Lex Luthor look that chemo causes.

    • @richardhinshaw2116
      @richardhinshaw2116 10 месяцев назад +9

      Someone should give him a Brixton Hooligan. He was born to rock a Hooligan.

    • @jasonk5752
      @jasonk5752 10 месяцев назад +65

      Hank was ALWAYS the ultimate cool guy.

    • @nugboy420
      @nugboy420 10 месяцев назад +8

      Sick dude!!!

    • @BresciGaetano
      @BresciGaetano 10 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@nugboy420Indeed quite sick😢

  • @catatonicbug7522
    @catatonicbug7522 10 месяцев назад +88

    Teslas don't have that "new car smell". They have that "Elon musk".

    • @peytoia
      @peytoia 5 месяцев назад +3

      underrated comment

    • @jenluvjake
      @jenluvjake 3 месяца назад

      🤦‍♀️😂

  • @EatSleepBreathMovies
    @EatSleepBreathMovies 10 месяцев назад +186

    I vote Hank Green to be Earth's ambassador to the aliens cause he's the best of us

    • @deliriouscheeto
      @deliriouscheeto 10 месяцев назад +9

      That wouldn't be a good representation of humanity as a whole tho. Aliens could feel cheated if they learned we aren't actually like that

    • @BresciGaetano
      @BresciGaetano 10 месяцев назад

      @@deliriouscheeto or they could blast us away if they think we do.

    • @BresciGaetano
      @BresciGaetano 10 месяцев назад

      Definitly the worst fact if something like that would occur Is that we would have no chance to have any power on that kind of decision. And yeah probably Who have that power would sacrifice some of this goodlooking bigots fanboys. I don't c Bill Gates, or others with similar kind of economical/social power, risk his life on the first line.

  • @danieldale7320
    @danieldale7320 10 месяцев назад +83

    As a child I could smell rain coming. Now as a contractor I can smell water on concrete. Lucky me

    • @iprobablyforgotsomething
      @iprobablyforgotsomething 9 месяцев назад +6

      At least you'll know if your home ever gets a water leak problem?

    • @lunaskisses
      @lunaskisses 9 месяцев назад +2

      wait you can't snell rain coming anymore?

    • @jayfredrickson8632
      @jayfredrickson8632 8 месяцев назад +2

      There's even a word for that rain smell. Petrichore. (Not sure of spelling)

    • @amazinggrapes3045
      @amazinggrapes3045 4 месяца назад +1

      I've always loved the smell of rain on warm concrete 🥰

  • @ZA-mb5di
    @ZA-mb5di 10 месяцев назад +35

    As an herbalist, my favorite smell is probably fresh rosemary. Like when I handle the plant and the leaves rub on me it smells amazing

    • @OSuzieQBabyILuvU
      @OSuzieQBabyILuvU 7 месяцев назад

      I've heard that rosemary is good for memory. How is yours?

    • @ZA-mb5di
      @ZA-mb5di 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@OSuzieQBabyILuvU normal

    • @catfeatherss
      @catfeatherss 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@OSuzieQBabyILuvU I forget what rosemary smells like.
      Sorry....I just felt like your comment was the perfect opportunity to make some kind of memory related joke. It was terrible. I'll see myself out. 🙈

    • @jenluvjake
      @jenluvjake 3 месяца назад

      Rosemary smells SOOOO GOOD!
      I made rosemary bread a couple weeks ago, so good!

    • @serenkeating7672
      @serenkeating7672 2 месяца назад

      Ooh yes, rosemary smells amazing. There's a bush right outside my back door so I've got pretty consistent access to it, which I'm very pleased with

  • @Tracy-xe9zu
    @Tracy-xe9zu 8 месяцев назад +18

    The scent-emotion association is real and it's STRONG. I have my late mom's bottle of perfume, one sniff is enough to make me cry.

  • @samsoncooper1
    @samsoncooper1 10 месяцев назад +6

    Hank is the ultimate 90s cool kid here, mohawk and backwards cap. If he starts saying radical, the transformation will be complete.

  • @BizarreWrld
    @BizarreWrld 10 месяцев назад +49

    I absolutely love the smell of books.

    • @zyntkalla6761
      @zyntkalla6761 8 месяцев назад +1

      I prefer the newer books more then the older ones.

  • @TheMunchkinita2509
    @TheMunchkinita2509 10 месяцев назад +66

    One of my favorite smells is when bread is being toasted. While it's in the toaster, the smell always takes me back to my childhood and visiting my grandfather, whom I didn't get to see very often before he passed. He always had a single slice of toast covered with jam or marmalade with his breakfast. It's such a simple, common smell, but to this day (it's been almost 30yrs) it never fails to take me back and remind me of my grandfather, even if it's only for a split second before I have to continue with my day.

    • @KH-tt3wv
      @KH-tt3wv 10 месяцев назад +6

      What a lovely memory of your grandfather 😊
      The specific smell of popcorn kernels heating in an air-popper takes me right back to my childhood, and I can distinctly recall the particular smell of the entryways to each of my grandmothers' houses. I love how things I think I only vaguely remember can suddenly come into sharp detail when I remember what the place smelled like. It's like having a whole separate memory system hidden in my brain.

    • @lunaskisses
      @lunaskisses 9 месяцев назад +1

      hello. there are candles that recreate that smell!!

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 7 месяцев назад +1

      I was watching a documentary about quantum physics. It was long, I was on dialysis half alert/asleep. and went deeper into it then a Sci Show so I wasn't catching everything.
      There was one part where they randomly talked about quantum entanglement, I believe, and was talking about how smells can transcend time due to it.
      If I recall it has to do with the electron which can be in multiple places at one time. So you're basically smelling the same electron.
      Something like that.
      I put it on repeat a few times trying to figure out what the hell they were talking about then passed out. So sorry about being so vague.
      It was a wild theroy though.

    • @lunaskisses
      @lunaskisses 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@dianapennepacker6854 that sounds so interesting, I wish you knew the title!

    • @TheMunchkinita2509
      @TheMunchkinita2509 7 месяцев назад

      @dianapennepacker6854 that's so fascinating!

  • @Proxtor
    @Proxtor 10 месяцев назад +39

    We need Scishow hats! And the proceeds goto cancer research!

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 9 месяцев назад +9

    I love the smell of fresh asphalt or fresh tarred driveways and just figured out why. As a child I lived next to new construction and streets and so it smells like the innocence of childhood.

  • @KristiChan1
    @KristiChan1 10 месяцев назад +16

    Oddly, I really like the smell of tomato vines.

    • @xXJAng3lXxx
      @xXJAng3lXxx 3 месяца назад +1

      Its a love/hate smell for me lol a whiff is nice, when its stuck to me its annoying

  • @kareninthevalley
    @kareninthevalley 8 месяцев назад +10

    Perfumers use the chemistry discussed in your video to create rain accords, water notes, and many others. Demeter makes single note fragrances including Grass, and one of my favorites, Dandelion, not normally a fragrance for perfumers. It's been fascinating to begin to understand the chemistry of fragrance and the basis of many accords/notes originating in Nature. Then there are all of Maison Margiela's "Replica" series of perfumes. They're meant to evoke a moment in real life. By The Fireside, Jazz Club, Whispers in the Library, are some of the themes.

  • @CerebralOrigami
    @CerebralOrigami 10 месяцев назад +79

    I love the smell of the ocean. But for me, growing up near a working waterfront, the smell of the ocean is the sea itself, seaweed, fish (sometimes pungent) and diesel. I just spent my first winter in the Florida keys and I was surprised at just how faint the ocean smell is. Also there is a lot more life in Maine waters where the water a a deep green and scuba diving at times is like being in pea soup. Whereas the water in Florida is super clear.

    • @ninalove3044
      @ninalove3044 10 месяцев назад +5

      Born and raised on the shores of CT, in that time we moved to Florida for one month, so I can completely relate to what ur saying! Hope all is well for u down there my friend✌️❤️

    • @CTP909
      @CTP909 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah growing up in Sarasota, Florida I took for granted just how special the beaches were until I moved to the West Coast and the beaches on the Pacific just weren't the same. Then I moved to the Midwest and what they call beaches here, these man-made oversized outdoor pools had and still have me longing for the ease of access to the beautiful and serene water fronts I enjoyed in my youth.

    • @darkstarr984
      @darkstarr984 10 месяцев назад +2

      I know. I love the whole mass of wild crazy things together that make up a strong ocean smell. I want to see Florida’s ocean now so I can see what it smells like.

    • @AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp
      @AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp 10 месяцев назад

      You are a Kramer

    • @CTP909
      @CTP909 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@AlejandroMadrid-tn1gp lol I don't get the reference I never watched Seinfeld

  • @outlawbillionairez9780
    @outlawbillionairez9780 10 месяцев назад +24

    Remember the number one scientific rule about odors.....
    "He who smelt it, dealt it!!"

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers 10 месяцев назад +5

      Damn i can't believe i dealt rotting bones

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 10 месяцев назад +108

    Stink bugs have an incredible defense. You only have to kill one to learn that you should not kill... at least by squashing.

    • @FSDraconis
      @FSDraconis 10 месяцев назад +8

      I had one land in my hair from an over head lamp just after I turned the light off to go to sleep. One does not just easily remove a stink bug from slightly long hair even when trying to not kill it. My pillow and I did not get along the rest of that night and it totally got cleaned a few times the next day.

    • @badabingbadaboom9251
      @badabingbadaboom9251 10 месяцев назад +4

      Accidentally chewed on one once

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@badabingbadaboom9251 😲🤢

    • @limalicious
      @limalicious 10 месяцев назад +5

      Must be something wrong with me because stinkbug odor doesn't really bother me.

    • @glenngriffon8032
      @glenngriffon8032 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@limalicious Doesn't mean anything is wrong with you, it means that you either adapted to it through exposure, have less stinky bugs in your area, or something got mixed up when your olfactory bulb formed, some kind of random mutation that just so happened to leave you unsusceptible to the stink. Evolution just be like that sometimes.

  • @abigailsmith6000
    @abigailsmith6000 10 месяцев назад +29

    It's weird because I loved the smell of gasoline as a child and now I absolutely hate it. There was no psychological experience or anything that made me hate gas, just as I got older it smelled less good over time.

    • @jerirasulo9543
      @jerirasulo9543 10 месяцев назад +1

      Me too! Lol. Loved it during childhood, hate it now?? 😮😊 Whatev 😊

    • @midnightodellewest1999
      @midnightodellewest1999 10 месяцев назад +15

      The difference may have to do with the gasoline itself. Today’s gasoline is diluted with ethanol which means less of that sweet smelling benzene. For the past decade, the EPA has limited the percentage of benzene in gasoline to no more than 1.3%. Also gas station nozzles have vapor recovery technology that traps more of the little bit of benzene vapors that are there.

    • @siddie27
      @siddie27 10 месяцев назад

      I liked it until my clothes were saturated with it after a terrible car crash.

    • @zyntkalla6761
      @zyntkalla6761 8 месяцев назад

      I loved it more when I was a child. But I am older but I wouldn't say I hate it. It just doesn't smell the same as it used too.

  • @robertneal4244
    @robertneal4244 10 месяцев назад +5

    My favorite section of the grocery store is the coffee aisle and my favorite specialty clothing store is a leather wear store. It isn't hard to figure out why.

  • @ladykoiwolfe
    @ladykoiwolfe 10 месяцев назад +41

    New babies have a smell that I have heard people say they love. I think I heard they give off a scent that triggers certain chemicals in our brains meant to make us want to peotect and care for them.

    • @eric2500
      @eric2500 10 месяцев назад +9

      Or to mask what comes out of the stinky end?

    • @HaloHighlightz
      @HaloHighlightz 10 месяцев назад +7

      I’m somewhat alarmed bc babies tend to smell of spit up, like, that’s all I smell 😂

    • @AG-ev3hj
      @AG-ev3hj 10 месяцев назад +4

      They don't actually mean babies by themselves smell good.
      Usually they're talking about the products associated with babies like baby powder, baby oil, baby wipes, and shampoos

    • @darkydoom
      @darkydoom 10 месяцев назад +5

      Yes, fresh baby smell is amazing. It's there to make us want to protect them. In saying that, I remember smelling a baby once and was SO UPSET that it masked by a disgusting washing detergent or the smell of the wardrobe or SOMETHING! Gross.

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@darkydoom yeah, not all washing detergent smells good. I was actually upset I didn't get to experience the new baby smell because my nose stopped working while I was pregnant. I was relieved I didn't have to smell dirty diapers, but I really missed out on new baby smell from my own child.

  • @dennagrey8055
    @dennagrey8055 10 месяцев назад +6

    You forgot wet cement after it's been rained on or even just been watered by accident lol

  • @TiredMomma
    @TiredMomma 10 месяцев назад +9

    I'd love to know what causes that lovely smell in the air inside an ice cream shop. Is it the waffle cones?
    *Humans can also cause themselves to have the buttered popcorn scented urine. This year while I began limiting certain foods and increased other foods, the smell of buttered popcorn began to happen. Months later, I can do it on purpose, and no, I do not have diabetes either, not either type. I can cause the smell by increasing my protein intake along with certain oils.

  • @rhondanolanbryant
    @rhondanolanbryant 10 месяцев назад +27

    *smiles*
    Reminds me of the time I was showing off my new haul from the bookstore to a colleague. He flipped a book open, put his face alarmingly close to the pristine page and inhaled deeply. I laughed and shook my head while he explained himself. Thank you

    • @mcope9233
      @mcope9233 10 месяцев назад +2

      My art teacher did that with a book I made out of leather, felt lowkey violated but in a funny way 😂

    • @dahliablack1236
      @dahliablack1236 8 месяцев назад +1

      I had a friend in high school who would do that every time she went to a bookstore.

  • @jayfredrickson8632
    @jayfredrickson8632 10 месяцев назад +3

    Glossy paper, like in magazines. One deep sniff and its an instant mood lifter, almost like a drug I wonder if its like that with cats and catnip?

  • @bentoth9555
    @bentoth9555 10 месяцев назад +23

    OMG, Huckleberry is so adorable! We need more of him, stat!

  • @amberkat8147
    @amberkat8147 9 месяцев назад +4

    I love the smell of wet earth and/or pavement, the cold air before it gets cold enough to snow, fresh-cut grass, and cut watermelon.

  • @ADHDqueenB
    @ADHDqueenB 10 месяцев назад +2

    Who else can tell when snow is coming? I grew up with snowy winters, doesn't snow much where I live now. It's weird, but I love it.

    • @kathleencandelaria4106
      @kathleencandelaria4106 6 месяцев назад +2

      Not smell the snow but I can taste it like when a thunderstorm is coming but a little different.

  • @tombales8538
    @tombales8538 10 месяцев назад +8

    I'm an old printer and would like to know why I love the smell of zinc eyelets rolling around in a bronze tumbler.

  • @starrywizdom
    @starrywizdom 10 месяцев назад +7

    There are scrubby trees in the Sonoran Desert that seem to smell "like rain", whether it's about to rain or has been raining recently, or whether it hasn't rained for weeks & won't rain for weeks. That makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE now that I know that many of the components of petrichor are chemicals released by plants to get through long dry spells!
    BINTIES!!!! It's been-too-long since I last saw a binturong on youtube! Love these little popcorn-stinking cuties. "Binturongs aren't actually caramelizing their pee" has to be my favourite quote from this episode, & there are a LOT of good quotes in this one. Michael & Olivia -- you guys are golden, & I don't mean showers...
    "I Smell the Sea" is a song I've been singing, since I was maybe 5 or 6, every time I smelled that distinct sea smell. Over 50 years after writing the song, I FINALLY discover that all this time I've actually been smelling... exploding plankton???? There are no words. Thank you, Rose Bear-Don't-Walk. Thank you, Sci Show. This compilation sure doesn't stink!

  • @dogs-and-destruction-channel
    @dogs-and-destruction-channel 10 месяцев назад +6

    Sometimes, smells can smell good or bad because of the memories they trigger. For example, I like the smell of salt water not so much for the smell, but because it reminds me of the beach and all the fun activities I do there.

  • @lisaloo5499
    @lisaloo5499 10 месяцев назад +16

    It would be cool for you to do a video about the smells we love(or hate) from our childhood, like glue, play doh, markers, crayons, and for us old folks, the purple ink that was used years ago in mimiograph(sp.?) machines to make copies of homework etc. at school. I think the makers of play doh even patented the smell of play doh.

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 10 месяцев назад +2

      Ahhh, the mimiograph! Can't believe my fingers aren't still tinted purple.

    • @emu071981
      @emu071981 10 месяцев назад +1

      Oddly enough, I went to primary school in the 80s (started kindergarten in 1987) and I remember having stuff "printed" out in the purple ink - it was mainly in the first few years though. Until this comment it didn't even occur to me that it wasn't a photocopier that made the handouts. As I got older the handouts started to be photocopied and I don't know why but they were often hard to read due to excessive black marks and splotches.

    • @mamadragon2581
      @mamadragon2581 6 месяцев назад

      I loved the smell of mimeographed paper and miss it. I think part of the happy association is that we only got those around holiday times; the sheets would have games and such to keep us hellions amused the day before, say, Christmas break when teachers knew there was no way they were going to get any work out of us.

  • @TonyYeungExe
    @TonyYeungExe 10 месяцев назад +8

    Many people have certain level of love of bodies smell too... thanks for the scientific explanation.

  • @twowingsstudio
    @twowingsstudio 10 месяцев назад +4

    Hank, we hope you are healthy. We want you with us for a very long time!

  • @ScaerieTale
    @ScaerieTale 10 месяцев назад +4

    Oh my gosh, I have a mahogany Taylor guitar that, when it was new, smelled JUST LIKE old books (but without the musty dusty side-effect) 😍

  • @Faelani38
    @Faelani38 10 месяцев назад +5

    Ocean smell is the smell I love.

  • @bluesmachine1006
    @bluesmachine1006 10 месяцев назад +10

    Freshly cut grass and turned soil after a light rain, is awesome. Petrol too, and there’s a body spray that an old g/f used 35 years ago that I love the smell of and every now and then some random company makes it again because I can smell it out in restaurants, etc. I really want to sniff people to ask the person wearing it, what it’s called 😂

    • @nikm5628
      @nikm5628 10 месяцев назад +1

      You English?

    • @bluesmachine1006
      @bluesmachine1006 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@nikm5628 Welsh. Wrexham AFC 😎

    • @nikm5628
      @nikm5628 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@bluesmachine1006 Ah... I see. That would have been my next guess, followed by Kiwi as third :)
      Canadian... Just Canadian, I ain't got 💩 goin on I'm my life 🤷‍♂️

  • @elizabethramsey9295
    @elizabethramsey9295 10 месяцев назад +14

    Now I get why my husband loves mowing his lawns with a gas powered mower😂 I love the smell of fresh rain but our daughter can’t stand the odor because it kicks up her allergies.

    • @andrewbogard2411
      @andrewbogard2411 10 месяцев назад +1

      I can't go near grass getting cut or freshly cut grass for too long, or it kicks up my allergies in a bad way. It's just so hard for me to breathe, but I'm glad some people can enjoy it.

    • @enadegheeghaghe6369
      @enadegheeghaghe6369 10 месяцев назад

      Not saying you are wrong but a lot of guys also love using gadgets, tools and mechanical contraptions. Lawn mowers fit in nicely. LOL

    • @rebeccasatterley1542
      @rebeccasatterley1542 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@andrewbogard2411Yeah, I hate the smell of cut grass. It burns my nose. I also have terrible allergies to grasses and weeds.

  • @johnnydarling8021
    @johnnydarling8021 10 месяцев назад +3

    Never knew there was so much I didn't know about smells.

  • @ladykoiwolfe
    @ladykoiwolfe 10 месяцев назад +14

    Fresh cut grass is my least favorite grass because I stop being able to breathe just after. While I'm fortunately able to touch grass, I have to close up the house whenever someone in the neighborhood mows. Honestly, masks were a wonderful thing when they became regular wear because it filtered out that as well.

    • @HaloHighlightz
      @HaloHighlightz 10 месяцев назад +5

      It made my allergies and sinuses so much better! I still wear masks when I’m having a bad flare and plan to continue because I like being able to breath! 😂

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 10 месяцев назад

      Only for the defective

    • @sarahrosen4985
      @sarahrosen4985 10 месяцев назад

      Really? They just made it impossible for wiping my constantly dripping nose and, yes, I had the fancy masks with the bendy nose bridge. Felt like they just concentrated all the allergins. Just the VOCs of the mask itself made me very unhappy. Thanks, China. I did, however, enjoy a warm nose in the winter.

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@sarahrosen4985 I am so sorry to hear that. Its really weird that they would keep in what they're meant to keep out.

  • @jeremyjones8663
    @jeremyjones8663 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks Hank and your team for the enjoyment!

  • @Dreamscape195
    @Dreamscape195 10 месяцев назад +2

    Yessss ozone is so good. Petrichor is good and all, but the ozone part is where it's at. That PRE-storm air is my all time top favorite smell. Walking out into a nice crisp air and smelling that rain on its way is just SO GOOD. I also love something coming off of sun-baked stones. Specifically only hot rocks.

  • @anndedma5355
    @anndedma5355 10 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you Hank !

  • @johnthatcher2293
    @johnthatcher2293 10 месяцев назад +5

    Olivia is my favorite '2nd Gen' SciShow host!

  • @janusatthegate6201
    @janusatthegate6201 10 месяцев назад +1

    The most heavenly scent is water coming when it's been dry.

  • @MadDragon75
    @MadDragon75 10 месяцев назад +8

    Books always smelled like expensive tobacco to me growing up.
    I always imagined that people before me toked on their pipe reading before returning it.
    It's likely why I started smoking. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @RC-nq7mg
      @RC-nq7mg 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yes I agree! I wouldn't say that is why i started smoking, that is hard to say, I just always loved the smell of burning tobacco even when I was young. I also very much enjoy the taste when i started smoking and even while quitting, which made quitting smoking that much harder. Even though I no longer smoke, the smell of the tobacco or fresh smoke or a 100yr old book seem to invoke a similar feeling of euphoria. I also love the smell of seasoned wood burning. Green wood like that from a wildfire has a pungent revolting smell. But dry seasoned wood burning is glorious.

  • @entropic-decay
    @entropic-decay 10 месяцев назад +2

    for my personal atypical scent preferences:
    fresh-cut grass makes my nose itch and causes me to sneeze, and touching the stuff makes my skin hurt, so I'm most definitely allergic to the chemical it releases. not pleasant.
    and, I don't mind the scent that stink bugs produce. It's not something I would seek out, but it doesn't really repel me very much

  • @mortarbackmusic8511
    @mortarbackmusic8511 9 месяцев назад +1

    That old wood furniture smell brings me back to sitting on my grandparent’s pool table in the basement and pushing the balls around, having a blast.

  • @eljen18
    @eljen18 10 месяцев назад +5

    The smell of gasoline, floor cleaner, old books, newspaper and nail polish are my weird guilty pleasures 🙈

  • @adeliajones1966
    @adeliajones1966 10 месяцев назад +2

    Just here to say Hank is a treasure and we don't deserve him

  • @iprobablyforgotsomething
    @iprobablyforgotsomething 9 месяцев назад +2

    If you haven't done it already, I'd love to see a video on what exactly the "smells like sunshine" scent is. I can't wrap my head around how something(s) can supposedly smell like some part of the visible light spectrum. Poetic license blah blah, sure, okay -- but what does the phrase "smells like sunshine" *actually mean* in layman terms??!

  • @kmgg5005
    @kmgg5005 10 месяцев назад +1

    great show!! thanks 🦨🌱💐

  • @lightfurya2087
    @lightfurya2087 10 месяцев назад +1

    I slightly drooled at the mention of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

  • @TheRiskyBrothers
    @TheRiskyBrothers 8 месяцев назад +1

    I have this Gore Vidal paperback from the 70s that's also about the 4th century BC, so it really brings that "ancient tome" energy.

  • @officialxokfanaccount4774
    @officialxokfanaccount4774 10 месяцев назад +2

    love the cap, limp bizkit hank era

  • @aylakosal8225
    @aylakosal8225 10 месяцев назад +1

    This was an amusing video to see in my recommended as a congenital anosmic ✌️

  • @Viriatha
    @Viriatha 10 месяцев назад +2

    We need more Michael, he's so good!

  • @user-hj8nj8cp8h
    @user-hj8nj8cp8h 8 месяцев назад +2

    I had to watch the video on 0.75x speed because the guy was talking faster than my brain could process words. He talks so fast i am impressed and i am happy youtube has this option to slow it down a bit so i am able to watch it.

    • @barbarasmith3755
      @barbarasmith3755 8 месяцев назад +1

      I didn't KNOW THAT. Thank you!

    • @user-hj8nj8cp8h
      @user-hj8nj8cp8h 8 месяцев назад +1

      @barbarasmith3755 no problem! I hope it helps

  • @TubeLVT
    @TubeLVT 10 месяцев назад +3

    I’m wondering if popcorn consumption by zoo visitors disrupts the mating cycle of captive binturongs!

  • @Dommi8450
    @Dommi8450 10 месяцев назад +4

    I for some reason like the rubbery smell. It's unique.

    • @toby9999
      @toby9999 10 месяцев назад

      Me too.

  • @charlieangkor8649
    @charlieangkor8649 10 месяцев назад +1

    I loved the smell of leather saddle on my childhood bicycle and I recently realized it’s xylene. Then I read it’s used in leather manufacture.

  • @raphaelgarcia9576
    @raphaelgarcia9576 10 месяцев назад +1

    The first smell that scientists extensively examined was likely ammonia. This was due to its pungent odor and potential toxic effects, which led researchers to study its chemical properties and understand its effects on the human body. Ammonia was one of the earliest substances investigated in the field of chemistry and is considered a fundamental compound in the study of gases and odors.

  • @dahbajanman7044
    @dahbajanman7044 10 месяцев назад +9

    Can y’all make a video about how ceratopsians evolved it would be a interesting topic to cover

    • @derekdjay
      @derekdjay 10 месяцев назад +1

      thids sounds like an PBS Eons type of video

  • @GillianMStarlight
    @GillianMStarlight 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have a 1952 copy of The Conquest of Space, I'm not sure how to describe the smell but it's good like a library. It's also good to know that corn is a grass, that's been haunting Rifftrax viewers for years.

  • @fantasticmio
    @fantasticmio 10 месяцев назад

    Congenital anosmic here - I kept track for a month when I was in high school of how many times someone said either "it's a good thing you can't smell" or "too bad you can't smell" and it came out even.

  • @poledra73
    @poledra73 8 месяцев назад

    The smell of a library, fresh cut grass, rain on the way, are all great, but my favourite smell is my cats fur. I can bury my face in his fur and just breathe it in. Almost as soothing as his purr.

  • @inkygreen
    @inkygreen 10 месяцев назад +2

    Some of my favorite smells are rubbing alchohol, sharpies, and basements. I dont know why. I love these weird smells so much

  • @cynhanrahan4012
    @cynhanrahan4012 10 месяцев назад +2

    Would cilantro-phobes be hyper sensitive to stink bugs? I have a farmer friend, she gets stink bugs in her house occasionally and she is a major genetic cilantrophobe. I adore the smell of old books, which is becoming more rare as libraries keep their books updated. And what about old house smell? Both of my grandparents houses were over 100 years old, and were frame based. The last time they had major additions was after the Great Storm of Galveston. After that, just maintenance. Both houses had the family scent, but underneath, old house smell. I've noticed the same scent in old house tours and museums. It's stronger on hot days, but with central heat, it's definitely there in winter.

  • @angrysarcasm2229
    @angrysarcasm2229 10 месяцев назад +3

    I'd like to disagree about the stink bugs. I had one land on my side as I got out of the shower. Without realizing it I swiped that little bastard across my side, causing it to release its stink juice. IT GAVE ME A CHEMICAL BURN!!!!!!

    • @nikm5628
      @nikm5628 10 месяцев назад

      That would likely be an allergic reaction rather than the norm. I've squashed my share of the little buggers barehanded, no burns :/

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 10 месяцев назад

      @@nikm5628 could be because your skin is much thicker on your fingers

  • @dorothykern8537
    @dorothykern8537 3 месяца назад +1

    Probably my most underrated favorite smell is wet rocks or hard water stains. Am I the only one??!!

  • @Zal1810
    @Zal1810 10 месяцев назад +2

    I enjoy the smell of dogs when they are sleeping and that is probably their sweat. I just love it so much.

    • @toby9999
      @toby9999 10 месяцев назад

      I dislike everything about dogs, especially their smell. They stink.

    • @Nylak-Otter
      @Nylak-Otter 10 месяцев назад +2

      Sleeping dogs smell so calming and amazing. I like the smell of their feet when they're relaxing, too; there's a harmless type of fungus that grows on their paws that smells like corn chips. It also grows on ferret paws, so I'd call my ferrets my ferritos. Like Fritos. 😅

    • @Nylak-Otter
      @Nylak-Otter 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@toby9999I'm sorry your life is so deprived of joy and comfort.

    • @Zal1810
      @Zal1810 10 месяцев назад

      @@Nylak-Otter I always thought they smell like salami haha. I always say "it smells like grocery store in here" when they've been sleeping inside.

    • @robertabarnhart6240
      @robertabarnhart6240 9 месяцев назад

      Probably depends on whether you're a cat person or a dog person. I think dogs stink. I'm a cat person.

  • @bluesmachine1006
    @bluesmachine1006 10 месяцев назад +2

    Water does smell of things because it’s been treated. You can often smell a very faint bleach type scent.

  • @kylekirkparick426
    @kylekirkparick426 10 месяцев назад

    I really liked this compilation. Micheal is my favorite. 🎉

  • @Urahara451
    @Urahara451 10 месяцев назад +1

    For me petrichor is the best. That nice earthy sent of aerosolized dirt and dust. You’ll can also get it from ACs or Vacuums that haven’t been turned on for awhile

  • @BrianHutzellMusic
    @BrianHutzellMusic 8 месяцев назад +1

    10:25 If you do NOT like that new car smell, I can say confidently from experience that stopping to buy a bag of garlic bagels on the way home from the car dealer is a sure-fire way of getting rid of it (or at least masking it)!

  • @kraneiathedancingdryad6333
    @kraneiathedancingdryad6333 2 месяца назад

    Gasoline reminds me of Saturday mornings when dad would drag out the old Snapper riding lawnmower and go mow the lawn.

  • @slickstretch6391
    @slickstretch6391 8 месяцев назад

    Used to have lots of stink bugs around my old house. I learned real fast to very gently take them outside. lol

  • @foracal5608
    @foracal5608 10 месяцев назад +1

    I came here for smells and just keep cheering for hank

  • @glory2cybertron
    @glory2cybertron 6 месяцев назад

    Some flavored tea-mixes have such an addictively pleasant smell that it's way better than the actual drink.

  • @jenluvjake
    @jenluvjake 3 месяца назад

    One of the smells I like to reminisce about is the smell of sloppy Joes that I had in preschool. I'm not sure why but it always brings my back to the simpler days of light-brights, finger painting, and the playground 😊

  • @xXJAng3lXxx
    @xXJAng3lXxx 3 месяца назад

    Michael looking different in every segment is so funny to me

  • @KeroseneSkies
    @KeroseneSkies 8 месяцев назад +1

    Fun fact about the popcorn urine thing: When humans have urine that smells like popcorn, fruity, or sweet, it's frequently a sign of diabetes or pre-diabetes!

  • @allythearts5439
    @allythearts5439 10 месяцев назад +2

    I like the smell of sharpies
    Fresh paint
    Oh and fresh rain the droplets of fresh rain outside 😂
    Omg clay i enjoy the smell of clay too

  • @ghazi707
    @ghazi707 9 месяцев назад +1

    whoaaa confusying but aymazying
    It's interesting information that includes topics such as the smell inside cars, unique smells from certain animals, the smell of rubber, seasonal changes in smells, and the influence of phytoplankton on the smell of the sea. These topics combine different scientific and chemical properties. The material provides intriguing insights into the world of scents and aromas in our surroundings.

  • @markedis5902
    @markedis5902 10 месяцев назад

    Hope you feel better soon Hank

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 10 месяцев назад +5

    I'm weird, I admit it, but I actually like the smell of skunk if it's faint

    • @realityjunky
      @realityjunky 10 месяцев назад

      I do, too. People didn't collect musk for nuthin!
      I've also wondered if a similar compound is in coffee beans...

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 10 месяцев назад +1

      Indica?

  • @ernestoroybal3682
    @ernestoroybal3682 10 месяцев назад +2

    Roasting green chile is the best

  • @BDChupacabra
    @BDChupacabra 10 месяцев назад +1

    The smell of fresh Pokémon cards is the smell of my childhood 😭😭

  • @echognomecal6742
    @echognomecal6742 2 месяца назад

    Eating popcorn & it has never been this weird-feeling.

  • @ninthvalkyrie
    @ninthvalkyrie 10 месяцев назад +1

    I always get the urge to fart when I enter a bookstore or the library. Good thing there are shelves to hide myself 😅

  • @jiminslostjams249
    @jiminslostjams249 10 месяцев назад +5

    Can you explain why I like the smell of gasoline? Like I could smell it all day and never get bored

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers 10 месяцев назад +1

      They did in one of the videos, but the answer is probably one of two things: you have positive memories associated with the smell of gasoline, or you don't actually like the smell, but instead get a kind of slight euphoric high from it. Seriously. Look it up.
      Edit: it could also be both

    • @jiminslostjams249
      @jiminslostjams249 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Chris_winthers Wow that’s weird to think I get “high” off the smell lmao. I don’t think I have any positive memories that stand out with that smell so it must be the second one

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@jiminslostjams249same

    • @vlr7368
      @vlr7368 10 месяцев назад +4

      It's the same reason why people like to smell glue or nail polish, or gasoline. All these smells are very intense and override your smell receptors. But also, as presented in this video, you can detect sweet smells in intense chemicals.

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers 10 месяцев назад +3

      Oh, you probably also know this already, but don't go smelling gas intentionally. It'll destroy your brain

  • @Bull-me8tz
    @Bull-me8tz 10 месяцев назад +1

    We had a binturong at the zoo I did summer camp at growing up. My friend named him Popcorn

  • @marymcewen3610
    @marymcewen3610 10 месяцев назад

    One of my most favorite smells is cold air and diesel exhaust

  • @lady_draguliana784
    @lady_draguliana784 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Biblichor": The (usually pleasant) scent of books

  • @SkyeAten
    @SkyeAten 9 месяцев назад

    Michael looks like one of the member of Linken Park... Can't believe early 2000s style is back haha

  • @FSDraconis
    @FSDraconis 10 месяцев назад +2

    Why do we love the smell of fresh baked bread?

  • @93lozfan
    @93lozfan 10 месяцев назад +1

    Starts out
    "What is that smell?"
    Bibliochor I watched the old video

  • @maggielovestoads
    @maggielovestoads 10 месяцев назад +1

    17:18 my chemistry of food prof in college pronounced it “mail-urd” reaction, thus how I always said it, but she was from Massachusetts so😂

    • @sophiejones3554
      @sophiejones3554 10 месяцев назад

      Looool!
      Mr. Maillard was French. The proper pronunciation is "may-yar".

  • @tinydancer6095
    @tinydancer6095 3 месяца назад +1

    Cow poop… weird I know but I think it just reminds me of my childhood. Must run in the family since my little sister once said she wants a pillow of cow poop to sleep on lol

  • @Sparkyminor
    @Sparkyminor 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is why we need smell-a-vision... engagement engagement engagement

  • @catfeatherss
    @catfeatherss 7 месяцев назад

    Old books is the best smell in the world. Bath and Body Works needs to add that to their home fragrance lineup. ❤